Survivors with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation had a more than 10 percent greater risk for developing cancer in their other breast. Age at diagnosis and triple-negative or estrogen receptor status of first cancer further affected risk. Guidelines should be amended to consider these factors when counseling women with the mutation. SAN ANTONIO — Breast [...]
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